Name Ranil Jayawardena Children Daisy Jayawardena Website Official website | Political party Conservative Spouse Alison Jayawardena Majority 29,916 (55%) Role Politician | |
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Born 3 September 1986 (age 37) ( 1986-09-03 ) Education London School of Economics and Political Science | ||
Ranil Jayawardena again enter the British Parliament
Conservative MP refuses to discuss success of PR in Germany during parliamentary debate
Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena (born 3 September 1986) is a British Conservative Party politician. Born in London, England, his early education was at the Robert May's School and Alton College. Jayawardena graduated with a BSc. in Government from the London School of Economics. After university, he worked for Lloyds Banking Group as a senior manager. Jayawardena was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire in May 2015 and was re-elected in the 2017 election.
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- Ranil Jayawardena again enter the British Parliament
- Conservative MP refuses to discuss success of PR in Germany during parliamentary debate
- Early life and career
- Parliamentary career
- Personal life
- References
Early life and career
Jayawardena was born on 3 September 1986 in London, England. His father is of Sri Lankan origin and moved to the United Kingdom in 1978 to pursue a career in accountancy. His mother is of Indian origin; the family is completed by his brother and sister. His early education was at the Robert May's School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Odiham, and Alton College in the town of Alton (both in Hampshire). At the London School of Economics, he graduated with a BSc. in Government in 2008. After university, Jayawardena worked for the Lloyds Banking Group as a senior manager and was involved, according to The Guardian in March 2015, on lobbying Members of the European Parliament on imminent legislation affecting the European banking sector.
Jayawardena served as a councillor for Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire from 2008 to 2015. During his time as a councillor, he was also the Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategy in Basingstoke and Deane.
Parliamentary career
Jayawardena was first elected as the MP for North East Hampshire at the 2015 general election with 35,573 votes (65.9% share) and a majority of 29,916. This was the largest margin of victory by any Conservative MP in the election. During the election, the candidate for the UK Independence Party was suspended after appearing to make a death threat towards Jayawardena. In July 2015, he joined the Home Affairs Select Committee. Jayawardena became part of the International Trade Committee in October 2016.
Prior to the June 2016 European membership referendum, Jayawardena supported Brexit. He held his seat in the 2017 general election with 37,754 (65.5%) votes and a majority of 27,772. In June 2017, he shut down his Twitter account after labelling it as "a platform full of trolls, extremists – and worse".
Personal life
Jayawardena lives in Bramley, Hampshire. He is married to Alison, a solicitor. The couple have two daughters. His wife works part-time as a Senior Researcher for his parliamentary office. He is a Christian.
